School Anger and Loneliness Among High School Students

Abstract

In this study, school anger dimensions among adolescents were examined in terms of loneliness according to gender and grade levels. The study was conducted on a total of 398 high school students, 217 of whom were female and 181 were male. The data of the study were collected through the Multidimensional School Anger Inventory and Ucla Loneliness Scale. Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) was used for data anaysis. Findings show that anger experiences and hostility levels of high school students do not vary significantly according to the loneliness levels in the school environment, but destructive expression of the anger and levels of coping with the anger positively vary significantly. Accordingly, those with high level of loneliness express their angers in the school environment in a more destructive way compared to those with low level of loneliness, and they can cope with their angers positively in a lower level. Anger experience levels of female students with high level of loneliness are significantly higher compared to the male students with high level of loneliness. However, it was found out that according to the loneliness levels other dimensions of school anger (hostility, destructive expression and positive copping) do not vary in accordance with the gender. Another finding of the study indicates that 11th grade students with high level of loneliness tend to express their anger in the school environment in a more destructive ways compared to students in 9th and 10th grades.

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Lise Öğrencilerinde Okul Öfkesi ve Yalnızlık

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, lise öğrencilerinde okul öfkesi boyutları (öfke yaşantısı, düşmanlık, yıkıcı ifade ve olumlu başa çıkma) yalnızlık açısından cinsiyet ve sınıf düzeylerine göre incelenmiştir. Araştırma verileri Denizli il merkezindeki üç lisede öğrenim gören 398 öğrenciden elde edilmiştir. Araştırmada okul öfkesi düzeyini belirlemek için Çok Boyutlu Okul Öfke Ölçeği, yalnızlık düzeyini belirlemek için ise UCLA Yalnızlık Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Araştırma verilerinin çözümlenmesinde Çok Değişkenli Varyans Analizi (Multivariate Analysis of Variance-MANOVA) kullanılmıştır. Bu araştırmanın sonucunda elde edilen bulgular, lise öğrencilerinin yalnızlık düzeylerine göre okul ortamındaki öfke yaşantısı ve düşmanlık düzeylerinin anlamlı düzeyde farklılaşmadığını ancak öfkenin yıkıcı ifade biçimi ve öfke ile olumlu başa çıkma düzeylerinin anlamlı düzeyde farklılaştığını göstermektedir. Buna göre, yalnızlık düzeyi yüksek olanlar yalnızlık düzeyi düşük olanlara göre okul ortamında öfkelerini daha yıkıcı bir biçimde ifade etmekte ve daha düşük düzeyde öfkeleri ile olumlu bir biçimde başa çıkabilmektedirler. Yalnızlık düzeyi yüksek olan kız öğrencilerin öfke yaşantısı düzeyleri yalnızlık düzeyi yüksek olan erkek öğrencilere göre anlamlı düzeyde daha yüksektir. Ancak, yalnızlık düzeylerine göre okul öfkesinin diğer boyutlarının (düşmanlık, yıkıcı ifade ve olumlu başa çıkma) cinsiyete göre farklılaşmadığı bulgusu elde edilmiştir. Araştırmada elde edilen diğer bir bulgu ise yalnızlık düzeyi yüksek 11. sınıf öğrencilerinin 9. ve 10. sınıflardaki öğrencilere göre okul ortamında öfkelerini daha yıkıcı bir biçimde ifade ettiklerini göstermektedir.

Keywords

• okul öfkesi, yalnızlık, ergenlik, lise öğrencileri

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